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What is Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.

Cyberpunk characteristics include:

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

In addition to serving as showrunner of the limited series, Silka Luisa is exec producing

Silka Luisa worked previously on the Halo TV series as producer and writer. So we'll see how this goes...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Oh god why. I mean I will hope for the best but this does not gives confidence, this is the kind of project I would have hoped to be in the hands of Lisa Joy as I feel like she always tackles the projects with the respect they deserve.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

She only wrote one episode, so it's still a tossup, I wonder how qualified the rest of the team is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the real cyberpunk is in the last half of the headline

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"r 2099’ Sequel Series For Prime Video" ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

just about, yeah